Movies:
Independence Day
- Rating:
- Genre: Drama
- Movie Type: Romantic Drama
- Themes: Small-Town Life
- Director: Robert Mandel
- Main Cast: Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Frances Sternhagen, Cliff De Young, Dianne Wiest
- Release Year: 1983
- Country: US
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this run-of-the-mill romantic drama, the title Independence Day refers to the usual Fourth of July fireworks festival in the U.S. but also to the dilemma of Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) who lives in a small town but has a big ambition to go to the city and study photography for a profession -- should she go, or should she stay in her hometown with the man she loves? Focus on Mary Ann's dilemma slips to other characters -- her boyfriend's suicidal sister (Dianne Wiest) who is abused by her husband, the abusive husband's equally nasty father, and Mary Ann's boyfriend himself who is preparing his Camaro for the annual Fourth of July race. With the story moving from here to there, hampered by some extraordinary leaps of imagination, the narrative is thinned considerably by the time the Fourth is at hand. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie GuideCast
- Kathleen Quinlan - Mary Ann Tyler
- David Keith - Jack Parker
- Frances Sternhagen - Carla Taylor
- Cliff De Young - Les Morgan
- Dianne Wiest - Nancy Morgan
Josef Sommer - Sam Taylor; Bert Remsen - Red Malone; Richard Farnsworth - Evan; Brooke Alderson - Shelly; Noble Willingham - Andy Parker; Anne Haney - Rose Parker; Zachary de Loach - Joey Morgan; Lance Gordon - Truck Driver; Adrienne Hampton - Girl on Hill; Jeff Polk - Billy Morgan; Susan Ruttan - Nurse; Scott Simpson - Youngest Morgan Child; Cheryl Smith - Ginny; Mary Ann Smith - Linda; Bunny Summers - Nurse #1; Judy Brown - Janis
